Hexagram 46: Pushing Upward → Hexagram 48: The Well

Pushing Upward
Earth / Wind
The Well
Water / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth WaterThe Receptive → The Deep
Lower TrigramWind Wind

Yilin Verse

刻畫為飾,嫫母無鹽。毛嬙西施,求事必得。

Painting and adorning as decoration: Momo, Wuyan, Mao Qiang, Xi Shi. What one seeks shall surely be obtained.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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